Since 1996, conflict in eastern DRC has led to approximately six million deaths. The First Congo War (1996–1997) began in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, during which ethnic Hutu extremists ...

Ongoing violence and instability, including fighting by M23 rebels, has forced millions of people to flee their homes.

It is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a woman – or a Christian. Disease is rampant, and children as young as 4 are being forced to work in mines. The Democratic Republic of ...

A general view of a dismantled Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) vehicle in a street in Bukavu on February 17, 2025. [AFP] Authorities in the Democratic Republic of ...